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Legislation to revise a 2006 nuclear cost recovery law was cleared by the Florida House of Representatives on Wednesday, a day after the House rejected efforts to repeal the law. A key provision in the bill would require the state's Public Service Commission to conduct further studies for future reactor construction projects. The commission needs to verify that a project's costs are "reasonable" and that it "remains feasible" before it secures preconstruction work approval.

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Southern Alliance for Clean Energy's lawsuit challenging a 2006 law that allows Florida utilities to obtain from their customers future nuclear plant construction costs was dismissed by the Florida Supreme Court. "Authorizing recovery of preconstruction costs through customer rates in order to promote utility company investment in new nuclear power plants, even though those plants might never be built, is a policy decision for the Legislature, not this court," the court ruled.

Turkey has selected an alliance between Areva and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the construction of the country's second nuclear plant, said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The plant is expected to have a generating capacity of up to 5,000 megawatts.

Efforts to repeal a 2006 nuclear cost recovery law failed to advance in the Florida House of Representatives. Lawmakers also voted down amendments to place the law under a voter referendum and to bar any new reactor projects until a permanent used-fuel repository is developed.

A bill that would modify a 2006 nuclear cost recovery law in Florida was cleared by the state's Senate. Under the law, utilities can obtain from their customers certain costs during construction of a plant. The bill, however, would impose limits on such collections.

Two bills that seek to revamp a law on nuclear cost recovery fees in the state are moving forward in the Florida Legislature. Utilities in the state would be allowed to obtain from customers the costs of future reactor projects, even if the plants don't get built, under a bill in the state House of Representatives. A Senate proposal, meanwhile, could eliminate the fee should utilities fail to secure Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval for the projects.